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In this photo released by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Sunday,
March 16, 2008, Tibetans donate money towards the prayers for the bodies
of the Tibetans who were shot dead by Chinese soldiers during a demonstration
at Kirti Monastery in Sichuan province, China. The bodies were brought into
the monastery by Tibetan protesters for prayers. (AP/Tibetan Centre for Human
Rights and Democracy, HO ) ** NO SALES ONE TIME USE ONLY ** Creation Date
03/18/2008 00:26:38. Submit Date 03/17/2008 20:55:35. |
In this photo released by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy,
Tibetans gather around the bodies of Tibetans who were shot dead during
demonstrations on Sunday, March 16, 2008, in Abu County, in Sichuan province,
China. The bodies were brought into a monastery by Tibetan protesters for
prayers. (AP Photo/Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy) ** NO SALES
ONE TIME USE ONLY ** Creation Date 03/18/2008 00:26:38. Submit Date 03/17/2008
20:55:35. |
Demonstrators are seen on a street in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous
Region, China, Friday March 14, 2008. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers
patrolled the streets of Lhasa and enforced a strict curfew Sunday in a security
clampdown on the Tibetan capital following violent protests that drew negative
publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo) Submit Date
03/17/2008 12:40:48. |
Smoke covers the center of Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, China
as the town's land mark Potala Palace is barely seen on Friday March 14,
2008. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers patrolled the streets of Lhasa
and enforced a strict curfew Sunday in a security clampdown on the Tibetan
capital following violent protests that drew negative publicity for China
ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo) Submit Date 03/17/2008 12:40:18 |
Police officers keep guard on a street in Tongren, Qinghai province, China
Monday, March 17, 2008. The unrest in Tibet began March 10 on the anniversary
of a 1959 uprising against Chinese rule of the region. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA ** |
Police officers take a rest on a street in Tongren, Qinghai province, China
Monday, March 17, 2008. The unrest in Tibet began March 10 on the anniversary
of a 1959 uprising against Chinese rule of the region. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA ** |
Police officers and others stand by on a truck on a street in Tongren, Qinghai
province, China Monday, March 17, 2008. The unrest in Tibet began March 10
on the anniversary of a 1959 uprising against Chinese rule of the region.
(AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY
IN NORTH AMERICA ** |
Riot police patrol on a street in Tongren, in China's Qinghai province Monday
March 17, 2008. Protests spread from Tibet into three neighboring provinces
as Tibetans defied a Chinese government crackdown, while the Dalai Lama decried
what he called the "cultural genocide" taking place in his homeland. (AP
Photo/Cara Anna) |
Tibetans walk past the Chinese riot police and military stand guard near
the monastery in Tongren, in China's Qinghai province, Sunday March 16, 2008.
Protests spread from Tibet into three neighboring provinces as Tibetans defied
a Chinese government crackdown, while the Dalai Lama decried what he called
the "cultural genocide" taking place in his homeland. (AP Photo) |
Chinese riot police and military stands guard on a street in Tongren, in
China's Qinghai province, Sunday March 16, 2008. Protests spread from Tibet
into three neighboring provinces as Tibetans defied a Chinese government
crackdown, while the Dalai Lama decried what he called the "cultural genocide"
taking place in his homeland. (AP Photo) |
Police officers check the cars to enter the Tibetan quarter of the city Monday
March 17, 2008 in Chengdu, China. The unrest in Tibet began March 10 on the
anniversary of a 1959 uprising against Chinese rule of the region. Tibet
was effectively independent for decades before communist troops entered in
1950. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) |
Police officers check cars to enter the Tibetan quarter of Chengdu, China,
Monday, March 17, 2008. The unrest in Tibet began March 10 on the anniversary
of a 1959 uprising against Chinese rule of the region. Tibet was effectively
independent for decades before communist troops entered in 1950. (AP Photo/Eugene
Hoshiko) |
Monks burn incense on a hill above the Rongwu Monastery at Tongren, in China's
Qinghai province Sunday March 16, 2008. Dozens of monks, defying a directive
not to gather in groups, marched to a hill where they set off fireworks and
burned incense in what one monk said was a protest. Protests spread from
Tibet into three neighboring provinces as Tibetans defied a Chinese government
crackdown, while the Dalai Lama decried what he called the "cultural genocide"
taking place in his homeland. (AP Photo/Cara Anna) |
Tibet's governor Champa Phuntsok speaks during a press conference in Beijing
Monday, March 17, 2008. Champa Phuntsok said Monday that 13 people were killed
and dozens wounded in violence that broke out in the regional capital Lhasa
last week, as Chinese troops fanned out to deal with protests that have spread
to three neighboring provinces.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) |
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, officials of local
government and institutions clear up the burnt articles on a street in Lhasa,
capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Sunday, March 16, 2008.
Tibet's governor said Monday that 13 people were killed and dozens wounded
in violence that broke out in the regional capital Lhasa last week, as Chinese
troops fanned out to deal with protests that have spread to three neighboring
provinces. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Soinam Norbu) |
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Fu Chaoying cries at
her ravaged shop in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous
Region Sunday, March 16, 2008. Tibet's governor said Monday that 13 people
were killed and dozens wounded in violence that broke out in the regional
capital Lhasa last week, as Chinese troops fanned out to deal with protests
that have spread to three neighboring provinces. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chogo) |
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Wang Mingming injured
in a riot receives medical treatment at the People's Hospital of Tibet Autonomous
Region in Lhasa, capital of the region in southwest China Sunday, March 16,
2008. Tibet's governor said Monday that 13 people were killed and dozens
wounded in violence that broke out in the regional capital Lhasa last week,
as Chinese troops fanned out to deal with protests that have spread to three
neighboring provinces. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gaesang Dawa) |
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Ma Yaonai shows his
damaged shop in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region
Sunday, March 16, 2008. Tibet's governor said Monday that 13 people were
killed and dozens wounded in violence that broke out in the regional capital
Lhasa last week, as Chinese troops fanned out to deal with protests that
have spread to three neighboring provinces. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chogo) |
A troop of Chinese riot police, left, marches on a street in Tongren, in
China's Qinghai province, Sunday March 16, 2008. Protests spread from Tibet
into three neighboring provinces as Tibetans defied a Chinese government
crackdown, while the Dalai Lama decried what he called the "cultural genocide"
taking place in his homeland. (AP Photo) |
Chinese paramilitary police officers patrol on a street in Tongren, in China's
Qinghai province, Monday, March 17, 2008. Protests spread from Tibet into
three neighboring provinces as Tibetans defied a Chinese government crackdown,
while the Dalai Lama decried what he called the "cultural genocide" taking
place in his homeland. (AP Photo/Cara Anna) |
Chinese riot police run past the Tibetans at a street heading to historic
Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu Province, China, Sunday, March 16, 2008.
On Saturday, police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Buddhist monks
and other Tibetans after they marched from the historic Labrang monastery
and smashed windows in the county police headquarters in Xiahe, witnesses
said. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) |
Tibetans circles a Buddhist temple as they offer prayer near the historic
Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu Province, China, Sunday, March 16, 2008.
On Saturday, police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Buddhist monks
and other Tibetans after they marched from the historic Labrang monastery
and smashed windows in the county police headquarters in Xiahe, witnesses
said. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) |
In this image taken from Cable TV video and provided by APTN, armored personnel
carrier equipped with guns drives down street in Lhasa, capital of southwest
China's Tibet Autonomous Region Sunday, March 16, 2008. Tibet's exiled government
said Sunday that 80 people had been killed during protests in Lhasa as armed
police and soldiers patrolled the capital's streets, enforcing a strict curfew
in a security clampdown following violent demonstrations that drew negative
publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/Cable TV via
APTN) ** TV OUT, HONG KONG OUT ** |
Andreas Larsen-Helms, right, Peter Moenster, 2nd from right, Mai Helbo, 2nd
from left, and Thyge Pedersen, left, from Denmark count their experience
to journalists upon their arrival Chengdu from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet
Autonomous Region on Sunday March 16, 2008 at Chengdu Airport in Chengdu,
China. The latest unrest began Monday on the anniversary of a 1959 uprising
against Chinese rule. Tibet was effectively independent for decades before
communist troops entered in 1950. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) |
Tibetans look at the Chinese riot police standing in formation at a Chinese
army compound in Xiahe, Gansu Province, China, Sunday, March 16, 2008. On
Saturday, police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Buddhist monks and
other Tibetans after they marched from the historic Labrang monastery and
smashed windows in the county police headquarters in Xiahe, witnesses said.(AP
Photo/Andy Wong) |
Tibetans offers prayer at the historic Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu
Province, China, Sunday, March 16, 2008. On Saturday, police fired tear gas
to disperse hundreds of Buddhist monks and other Tibetans after they marched
from the historic Labrang monastery and smashed windows in the county police
headquarters in Xiahe, witnesses said.(AP Photo/Andy Wong) |
In this undated image taken Sunday, March 16, 2008, from CCTV and provided
by APTN, people push over a car on a street in Lhasa, capital of southwest
China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Tibet's exiled government said Sunday that
80 people had been killed during protests in Lhasa as armed police and soldiers
patrolled the capital's streets, enforcing a strict curfew in a security
clampdown following violent demonstrations that drew negative publicity for
China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) ** TV OUT,
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In this undated image taken Sunday, March 16, 2008, from China's CCTV
via APTN, injured man is led on a street in Lhasa, capital of southwest
China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Tibet's exiled government said Sunday
that 80 people had been killed during protests in Lhasa as armed police
and soldiers patrolled the capital's streets, enforcing a strict curfew
in a security clampdown following violent demonstrations that drew
negative publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP
Photo/CCTV via APTN) ** TV OUT, CHINA OUT. Captured by Chinese TV but
censored on other sites with differeing context. ** |
In this image taken from ATV Hong Kong via APTN, an army truck carrying security
forces runs down street in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous
Region Sunday, March 16, 2008. Tibet's exiled government said Sunday that
80 people had been killed during protests in Lhasa as armed police and soldiers
patrolled the capital's streets, enforcing a strict curfew in a security
clampdown following violent demonstrations that drew negative publicity f |
In this image taken from Cable TV video and provided by APTN, armored personnel
carrier equipped with guns drives down street in Lhasa, capital of southwest
China's Tibet Autonomous Region Sunday, March 16, 2008. Tibet's exiled government
said Sunday that 80 people had been killed during protests in Lhasa as armed
police and soldiers patrolled the capital's streets, enforcing a strict curfew
in a security clampdown following violent demonstrations that drew negative
publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/Cable TV via
APTN) ** TV OUT, HONG KONG OUT ** |
In this image taken from Cable TV video via APTN, military police patrol
a street in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Sunday,
March 16, 2008. Tibet's exiled government said Sunday that 80 people had
been killed during protests in Lhasa as armed police and soldiers patrolled
the capital's streets, enforcing a strict curfew in a security clampdown
following violent demonstrations that drew negative publicity for China ahead
of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/Cable TV via APTN) ** TV OUT, HONG KONG
OUT ** |
** THIS CORRECTS SOURCE ** In this undated image taken Sunday, March
16, 2008, from China's CCTV and provided by APTN, Japanese tourists are
led by police on a street in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet
Autonomous Region. Tibet's exiled government said Sunday that 80 people
had been killed during protests in Lhasa as armed police and soldiers
patrolled the capital's streets, enforcing a strict curfew in a
security clampdown following violent demonstrations that drew negative
publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/CCTV via
APTN) ** TV OUT, CHINA OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV but censored on
other sites with differeing context. |
In this image taken from ATV Hong Kong via APTN, security forces clean up
debris from street in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous
Region Sunday, March 16, 2008. Tibet's exiled government said Sunday that
80 people had been killed during protests in Lhasa as armed police and soldiers
patrolled the capital's streets, enforcing a strict curfew in a security
clampdown following violent demonstrations that drew negative publicity for
China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/ATV Hong Kong via APTN) **
TV OUT, HONG KONG OUT ** |
In this image taken from ATV Hong Kong via APTN, a damaged building is seen
in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Sunday, March
16, 2008. Tibet's exiled government said Sunday that 80 people had been killed
during protests in Lhasa as armed police and soldiers patrolled the capital's
streets, enforcing a strict curfew in a security clampdown following violent
demonstrations that drew negative publicity for China ahead of the Beijing
Olympics. (AP Photo/ATV Hong Kong via APTN) ** TV OUT, HONG KONG OUT ** |
Tibetan monks offer prayers to those killed in the ancient Tibetan capital
of Lhasa during the Chinese crackdown there on protestors at a monastery
in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 16, 2008. China has stepped up security
along its border with Nepal and has asked Nepalese officials to be on the
lookout for pro-Tibet protests, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi) |
Tibetan expatriates demonstrate against the Chinese crackdown on protesters
in Tibet, in front of the Palace of Justice, Brussels, Sunday, March 16,
2008. Some 500 protesters sang the Tibetan anthem, waved Tibetan flags and
held banners saying "Stop Killing in Tibet" and "No Olympics in China." (AP
Photo/Thierry Charlier) |
Japanese tour group carry their luggage upon their arrival in Chengdu from
Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region on Sunday March 16, 2008 at
Chengdu Airport in Chengdu, China. The latest unrest began Monday on the
anniversary of a 1959 uprising against Chinese rule. Tibet was effectively
independent for decades before communist troops entered in 1950. (AP Photo/Eugene
Hoshiko) |
An activist of the France Tibet association, center, with the Tibetan flag
printed on his jersey, is being taken away by French police officers during
a demonstration against the violence in Tibet, Sunday, March 16, 2008, near
the Chinese embassy in Paris. Violence spilled over from Tibet into neighboring
provinces Sunday as Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown
while the Dalai Lama warned that the area faced "cultural genocide" and appealed
to the world for help. The inscription on the jersey reads : "Let's act for
a free Tibet". (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) |
An activist of the France Tibet association, center, is being taken away
by police officers during a demonstration against the violence in Tibet,
Sunday, March 16, 2008 near the Chinese embassy in Paris. Violence spilled
over from Tibet into neighboring provinces Sunday as Tibetan protesters defied
a Chinese government crackdown while the Dalai Lama warned that the area
faced "cultural genocide", and appealed to the world for help. (AP Photo/Jacques
Brinon) |
An activist of the France Tibet association, foreground right, holding a
flag of Tibet, reacts as he is held by riot police officers as a press
photographer takes a photo, left, during a demonstration of the association's
militants against the violence in Tibet, in front of the Chinese embassy
in Paris, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Violence spilled over from Tibet into
neighboring provinces Sunday as Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government
crackdown while the Dalai Lama warned that the area faced "cultural genocide"
and appealed to the world for help. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) |
A Tibetan protestor takes part in a protest in New Delhi, India, Sunday,
March 16, 2008. Nearly 2,000 Tibetan exiles, the public voice of a region
now largely sealed off from the rest of the world rallied Sunday and burned
Chinese flags, ramping up their protests on behalf of demonstrators inside
Chinese-ruled Tibet. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) |
Chinese soldiers search protesters from building to building in Lhasa, capital
of Tibet Autonomous Region, China on Saturday March 15, 2008. Hundreds of
armed police and soldiers patrolled the streets of Lhasa and enforced a strict
curfew Sunday in a security clampdown on the Tibetan capital following violent
protests that drew negative publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
(AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT ** |
Smoke cover the center of Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, China
as the town's land mark Potala Palace, left, is barely seen, center left,
on Friday March 14, 2008. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers patrolled
the streets of Lhasa and enforced a strict curfew Sunday in a security clampdown
on the Tibetan capital following violent protests that drew negative publicity
for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT ** |
In this photo released by the Free Tibet Campaign, monks from the Labrang
Monastery protest on a street in Xiahe, in China's Gansu province Friday
March 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Free Tibet Campaign, HO) ** NO SALES ** |
In this video image taken on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from Chinese
television CCTV, demonstrators are seen on a street in Lhasa, capital
of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved Saturday to
quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet
in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an
uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) **
TV OUT, CHINA OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV but censored on other
sites with differeing context. |
In this video image taken on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from Chinese
television CCTV, debris and fire are seen on a street in Lhasa, capital
of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved Saturday to
quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet
in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an
uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) **
TV OUT, CHINA OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV but censored on other
sites with differeing context. |
In this video image taken on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from Chinese television
CCTV, smoke and fire are seen on a street in Lhasa, capital of southwest
China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Friday, March 14. China moved Saturday
to quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet
in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an uprising
that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) ** TV OUT, CHINA
OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV but censored on other sites with differeing context. |
In this video image taken on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from Chinese television
CCTV, demonstrators throw debris on a street in Lhasa, capital of southwest
China's Tibet Autonomous Region Friday, March 14, 2008. China moved Saturday
to quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet
in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an uprising
that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) ** TV OUT, CHINA
OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV but censored on other sites with differeing context. |
Police officers, standing guard next to their car, are seen through a broken
glass door of a hotel after riot broke out in Xiahe, Gansu Province, China,
Saturday, March 15, 2008. In the town of Xiahe, where hundreds of Tibetans
marched Friday, clashes were reported Saturday between monks and security
forces. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) |
A Chinese police stands guard in middle of the road as they seal off the
road heading to historic Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu Province, China,
Saturday, March 15, 2008. Riot police been deployed to seal off and bar from
tourists to go in after riot broke out this morning. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) |
In this video image taken on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from Chinese
television CCTV, demonstrators are seen on a street in Lhasa, capital
of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved Saturday to
quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet
in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an
uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) **
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sites with differeing context. |
In this video image released on Saturday, March 15, 2008, by Chinese television
CCTV, smoke rise from a number of buildings in Lhasa, capital of southwest
China's Tibet Autonomous Region Friday, March 14, 2008. China moved Saturday
to quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet
in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an uprising
that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) ** TV OUT, CHINA
OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV but censored on other sites with differeing context. |
Communist Party Secretary General of Tibet Zhang Qingli, second left, arrives
for a session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of
the People Saturday March. 15, 2008. Zhang, Tibet's most powerful official,
refused to comment on the unrest in Tibet. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) |
In this video image taken on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from Chinese television
CCTV, some demonstrators are seen with fire and heavy smoke on a street in
Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved
Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule
in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa
in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN)
** TV OUT, CHINA OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV but censored on other sites with differeing context. |
In this video image released on Saturday, March 15, 2008, by Chinese
television CCTV, demonstrators try to turn over another car in Lhasa,
capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved
Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests against its
rule in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged
through Lhasa in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP
Photo/CCTV via APTN) ** TV OUT, CHINA OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV
but censored on other sites with differeing context. |
In this video image taken from Chinese television CCTV on Saturday,
March 15, 2008, monks are seen on a street in Lhasa, capital of
southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved Saturday to
quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet
in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an
uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) **
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sites with differeing context. |
In this video image released on Saturday, March 15, 2008, by Chinese
television CCTV, a burning building is seen in Lhasa, capital of
southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved Saturday to
quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet
in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an
uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) **
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sites with differeing context. |
In this video image taken on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from Chinese television
CCTV, some demonstrators are seen with fire and heavy smoke on a street in
Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved
Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule
in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa
in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN)
** TV OUT, CHINA OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV but censored on other sites with differeing context. |
In this video image released on Saturday, March 15, 2008, by Chinese television
CCTV, some demonstrators break glass window in shop front in Lhasa, China.
China moved Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests against
its rule in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through
Lhasa in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via
APTN) ** TV OUT, CHINA OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV but censored on other sites with differeing context. |
Champa Phuntsok, chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, speaks to reporters
before a session of the National People's Congress in Beijing Saturday, March
15, 2008. "We did not open fire, however we will deal harshly with these
criminals who are carrying out activities to split the nation," Phunstok
has told The Associated Press on the sidelines of China's annual legislative
session Saturday, a day after an anti-government protest in Lhasa turned
violent. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) |
In this video image released on Saturday, March 15, 2008, by Chinese
television CCTV, some demonstrators kick a building front in Lhasa,
capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved
Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests against its
rule in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged
through Lhasa in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP
Photo/CCTV via APTN) ** TV OUT, CHINA OUT **. Captured by Chinese TV
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Tibetan protesters scuffle with police officers during a sympathy protest
in front of the Chinese consulate in Zurich, Switzerland, Saturday, March
15, 2008. China locked down the Tibetan capital Saturday after the largest
and most violent protests against its rule in the region in nearly two decades.
At least 10 people were killed when demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa,
dashing Beijing's plans for a smooth run-up to the Olympics in August. (AP
Photo/Keystone/Eddy Risch) |
A Tibetan man shouts anti-China slogans as scores of Tibetans sit in for
an indefinite hunger strike to protest against China's clamp down operations
on Tibetan protesters in Lhasa and other parts of China, in New Delhi, India,
Saturday March 15, 2008. Dozens of protesters in India launched a new march
to Tibet on Saturday, days after more than 100 Tibetan exiles were arrested
by authorities during a similar rally. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) |
Indian police gather outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India, Saturday,
March 15, 2008. Dozens of protesters in India launched a new march to Tibet
on Saturday, days after more than 100 Tibetan exiles were arrested by authorities
during a similar rally. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) |
A plain clothes police officer walks out of the Chinese consulate after police
clashed with pro-Tibetan protesters Saturday, March 15, 2008, outside the
consulate in Sydney, Australia. About 40 noisy protesters of all ages, including
elderly women and young children, gathered at the inner-city consulate. (AP
Photo/Rick Rycroft) |
Members of the Tibetan community gather in a park after the police clashed
with the protesters Saturday, March 15, 2008, outside the Chinese consulate
in Sydney, Austrtalia. About 40 noisy protesters of all ages, including elderly
women and young children, gathered at the inner-city consulate. (AP Photo/Rick
Rycroft) |
Protestors demonstrate for a free Tibet in front of the Chinese embassy in
Berlin, Germany, Saturday, March 15, 2008, after recent clashes between Tibetans
and the Chinese authorities in Tibet. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski) |
Tibetans sit in for an indefinite hunger strike to protest against China's
clamp down operations on Tibetan protesters in Lhasa and other parts of China,
in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 15, 2008. Dozens of protesters in India
launched a new march to Tibet on Saturday, days after more than 100 Tibetan
exiles were arrested by authorities during a similar rally. (AP Photo/Saurabh
Das) |
Indian police drag a Tibetan protester outside the Chinese Embassy in New
Delhi, India, Saturday, March 15, 2008. Dozens of protesters in India launched
a new march to Tibet on Saturday, days after more than 100 Tibetan exiles
were arrested by authorities during a similar rally. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) |
Indian police drag a Tibetan protester outside the Chinese Embassy in New
Delhi, India, Saturday, March 15, 2008. Dozens of protesters in India launched
a new march to Tibet on Saturday, days after more than 100 Tibetan exiles
were arrested by authorities during a similar rally. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) |
Indian police detain a Tibetan protester outside the Chinese Embassy in New
Delhi, India, Saturday, March 15, 2008. Dozens of protesters in India launched
a new march to Tibet on Saturday, days after more than 100 Tibetan exiles
were arrested by authorities during a similar rally. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) |
Indian police scuffle with Tibetan protesters outside the Chinese Embassy
in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 15, 2008. Dozens of protesters in India
launched a new march to Tibet on Saturday, days after more than 100 Tibetan
exiles were arrested by authorities during a similar rally. (AP Photo/Mustafa
Quraishi) |
Chinese riot police with shield and batons stands guard on the road heading
to historic Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu Province, China, Saturday,
March 15, 2008. In the town of Xiahe, where hundreds of Tibetans marched
Friday, clashes were reported Saturday between monks and security forces.
(AP Photo/Andy Wong) |
Nepalese police scuffle with a Tibetan protester outside the U.N. office
in Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, March 15, 2008. Police broke up a protest by
200 Tibetans in the Nepalese capital on Saturday, beating them with bamboo
batons and arresting at least 20 of them. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi) |
Tibetans sit in front of the shops closed after Chinese riot police seal
off the road and town heading to historic Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu
Province, China, Saturday, March 15, 2008. In the town of Xiahe, where hundreds
of Tibetans marched Friday, clashes were reported Saturday between monks
and security forces. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) |
A Tibetan monk watches on the street after Chinese riot police seal off the
road heading to historic Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu Province, China,
Saturday, March 15, 2008. In the town of Xiahe, where hundreds of Tibetans
marched Friday, clashes were reported Saturday between monks and security
forces. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) |
In this photo released by the Free Tibet Campaign, monks march in a street
in Xiahe, in China's Gansu province Friday March 14, 2008. Disturbances continued
Saturday in Tibetan areas outside the autonomous region, with police shutting
off all access to the town of Xiahe in Gansu province, home to the major
Tibetan Buddhist monastery of Labrang. (AP Photo/Free Tibet Campaign, HO)
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this image made from video and provided by APTN, authorities walk down an
avenue, Friday, March 14, 2008, in Gansu Province, Xiahe, China. Police fired
tear gas to disperse Buddhist monks and others staging a second day of protests
Saturday in western China in sympathy with anti-Chinese demonstrations in
Lhasa, local residents said. (AP Photo/APTN) |
** CORRECTS DATELINE TO XIAHE, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA NOT LHASA, TIBET **In
this image made from video and provided by APTN, authorities walk down an
avenue, Friday, March 14, 2008, in Gansu province, Xiahe, China. Police fired
tear gas to disperse Buddhist monks and others staging a second day of protests
Saturday in western China in sympathy with anti-Chinese demonstrations in
Lhasa, local residents said. (AP Photo/APTN) |
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, burning shops are seen
in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Friday, March
14, 2008. China moved Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests
against its rule in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged
through Lhasa in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/Xinhua,
Gesang Dawa) |
In this image made from video and provided by APTN, a protestor speaks with
authorities, Friday, March 14, 2008, in Lhasa, Tibet. Police fired tear gas
to disperse Buddhist monks and others staging a second day of protests Saturday
in western China in sympathy with anti-Chinese demonstrations in Lhasa, local
residents said. (AP Photo/APTN) |
In this image made from video and provided by APTN, authorities wrestle with
a protestor in an effort to take her flag Friday, March 14, 2008, in Lhasa,
Tibet. Police fired tear gas to disperse Buddhist monks and others staging
a second day of protests Saturday in western China in sympathy with anti-Chinese
demonstrations in Lhasa, local residents said. (AP Photo/APTN) |
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua,
firefighters hose down the flame in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet
Autonomous Region, on Friday March 14, 2008. Seven people have been confirmed
dead in the riot that erupted in Lhasa Friday, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua,
Chogo) |
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, a
burned bank is seen in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous
Region, on Friday March 14, 2008. Seven people have been confirmed dead in
the riot that erupted in Lhasa Friday, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yang
Guang) |
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Protestors throw debris at a police vehicle, Friday, March 14, 2008, in Lhasa,
Tibet. Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned
violent Friday, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots echoing through
the streets of the ancient capital, Lhasa. (AP Photo) |
Protesters gather around burning debris in the streets of Lhasa, Tibet, Friday
March 14, 2008. Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet
turned violent Friday, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots echoing
through the streets of the ancient capital, Lhasa. (AP Photo) |
A man lies injured in the street during street protests, Friday, March 14,
2008, in Lhasa,Tibet. Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule
in Tibet turned violent Friday, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots
echoing through the streets of the ancient capital, Lhasa. (AP Photo) |
Tibetan rights protesters bang on the doors of the Chinese Consulate during
a demonstration in Calgary, Canada, Friday March 14, 2008. The demonstrations
were held in support of Buddhist monks in Tibet, whose protests against Chinese
occupation flared into violence, with shops and vehicles burned and gunshots
fired in the streets of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. (AP Photo/The Canadian
Press, Brett Gundlock, Calgary Sun) |
A demonstrator in solidarity with the protestors in Tibet, draped in a Tibetan
flag, pauses during a demonstration across the street from the Chinese embassy
in central London, Friday, March 14, 2008. Protests led by Buddhist monks
against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday, with shops and vehicles
torched and gunshots echoing through the streets of the ancient capital,
Lhasa. A radio report said two people had been killed. ((AP Photo/Lefteris
Pitarakis) |
Protestors demonstrate outside the United Nations headquarters Friday, March
14, 2008 in New York. Dozens of Tibetans, young and old, held a noisy protest
outside the United Nations.The demonstrations were held in support of Buddhist
monks in Tibet, whose protests against Chinese occupation flared into violence,
with shops and vehicles burned and gunshots fired in the streets of the Tibetan
capital, Lhasa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) |
Protestors demonstrate outside the United Nations headquarters Friday, March
14, 2008 in New York. Dozens of Tibetans, young and old, held a noisy protest
outside the United Nations. The demonstrations were held in support of Buddhist
monks in Tibet, whose protests against Chinese rule which flared into violence,
with shops and vehicles burned and gunshots fired in the streets of the Tibetan
capital, Lhasa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) |
Protestors demonstrate outside the United Nations headquarters Friday, March
14, 2008 in New York. Dozens of Tibetans, young and old, held a noisy protest
outside the United Nations on Friday. The demonstrations were held in support
of Buddhist monks in Tibet, whose protests against Chinese rule flared into
violence, with shops and vehicles burned and gunshots fired in the streets
of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) |